After farmer leader Naresh Tikait-Rakesh Tikait, Narendra Tikait said the attack on the Modi government

Narendra Tikait, son of farmer leader Mahendra Singh Tikait, has said that the farmers are ready to sit on the borders of Delhi for the remaining three and a half years of the second term of the Modi government against the three new agricultural laws of the Center. Narendra does not hold any official position in the Indian Farmers Union (BKU) formed by his father in 1986 and focuses mostly on the family’s agricultural activities, but he is as vocal on issues related to farmers as his two elder brothers Naresh. And Rakesh Tikait.

Naresh Tikait and Rakesh Tikait have been leading the movement against these laws for more than 100 days. At his residence in Sisauli in Muzaffarnagar district, 45-year-old Narendra told ‘PTI-Bhasha’ that the entire Tikait family, including his two brothers, would withdraw from the agitation if it was proved against any member of his family that he Have done anything wrong. He also dismissed allegations of some sections stating that they had acquired property and money from the movement.

Narendra Tikait eldest brother Naresh Tikait is the president of BKU while Rakesh Tikait is the national spokesperson of the organization. The BKU, under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Tikait, laid siege to Meerut demanding high sugarcane prices, cancellation of loans and reduced water and electricity rates. In the same year, BKU held a week-long protest at the Boat Club in Delhi to focus on the “plight” of farmers.

After the death of Mahendra Singh Tikait in 2011, Naresh and Rakesh Tikait are heading the main organization in various roles, although several factions have emerged over the years in different parts of the country. Narendra said that the Center is in the misconception that it can crush the opposition of the farmers in the same way as it had crushed other movements in the past by using different strategies. “I am here in Sisauli, but my eyes are there,” he said. He said he keeps going to the border of Ghazipur where hundreds of farmers and BKU supporters have been camping since November 2020.

Narendra said, “This government has misgivings, perhaps because it has never had to face such opposition, but we have seen the movements and have been a part of it for 35 years.” This government only has the experience to face petty protests and suppress those protests through various tactics. “He said,” They cannot crush this protest in any way. This will continue till our demands are met. The tenure of this government is three and a half years, and we can continue the movement till the end of his term. “

He said, “If the government repeatedly says that crops will be purchased at the minimum support price (MSP), then why can’t they give it in writing?” They keep on talking about subsidizing LPG cylinders, but this subsidy has also ended. ”Tikait alleged that the Center has done the same for the school education sector, where private institutions are making money, while The condition of government institutions is getting worse. He said, “Now they want the business houses to store the crops and later sell them at the desired rates. Their effort is for business and that is the agenda. “

Asked about the allegations that the Tikait family owns crores of land and is involved in the BKU hooliganism in the area, he said, “There is nothing that they (the government) can prove against us and that’s why (Levying allegations) is happening. If they find any fault in any one of our family members, we will return from Delhi, ”he said. He also denied the allegations of hooliganism by the BKU. They said, “Why would we do this? Some even say that we are taking money for protests. Over 200 of our farmers have sacrificed during the protests. There is no question of taking money for the protest because we do not have any resources. “

His eldest brother Naresh Tikait is the head of Balian Khap. Narendra Tikait said, “We have 84 villages (related to Balian Khap)”. According to this we have three lakh bighas of land. When our father passed away, he had placed the responsibility of 84 villages on us. We are Chaudhary from 84 villages and all these belong to us only. What do we have to do by acquiring more money? ”Tikait indicated in a ‘Sarv Khap’ meeting in Soram that further demonstrations in the near future if demonstrations on Delhi’s borders continue and the government does not agree to farmers’ demands Will be mobilized Significantly, the farmers have been agitating on the borders of Delhi, Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur border for the last several months to demand the repeal of the three new agricultural laws of the Center.